Holder for calendars



(No Model.)

HL BROWN.

HOLDER PoR CALENDARS.

Patented Aug. 24, 1897.

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INVENTOI? ATTRNEYS.

` UNITED.' STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

nUGi-I BROWN, or ANN ARBoR, MICHIGAN.

HOLDERFOR CALENDARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Patent No.v588,631, dated August24, 1897. Application filed November 30, 1896. SerialNo. 613 ,927. (Nomodel.)V

T0 @ZZ whom, it may co/'zcerm' Be it known that I, HUGH BROWN, of AnnArbor, in the county of VVashtenaw and State of Michigan, have inventeda new and Improved Holder for Calendars and Similar Articles, of whichthe following is a full, clear,

and exact description.

The invention relates to a casing or holder for the sheets of a calendaror for teachers class-records, lists of words, names of subjects, orother matter to be kept in a certain order and in convenient shape forhandling.

The object of the invention is to provide a means whereby the slips,sheets, or cards employed may be so disposed that when accertain date orsubject iseXposed memoranda, comments, or remarks relating to said dateor subject will also be disclosed upon a separate sheet, slip, or cardfrom that indicating the date or the subject. i

Another object of the invention is to provide a means whereby the pastsubjects or dates disposed of and their records, comments, or memorandamay be preserved in a manner for convenient consultation withoutinterfering with the dates or subjects to be subsequently consulted ordisplayed.

The inventionv consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed o utin theclaims.

Reference is tobe had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specilication, in which similar characters of referenceindicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is aperspective view of the holder or casing and the sheets ofa calendar contained therein in'accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 isa rearjelevation of the im# proved casing orholder. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical 'section taken substantially, on the line 3 3 of'Fig.2. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the holder and the calendar, sheets, orcards supported in an inclined' position. Fig. 5 is a detail perspectiveview of the retaining device for the sheets, cards, or slips to becontained in the holder or casing; and Fig. 6 is' a `rear elevation of aportion ofv the casing or holder, illustratingA a slight modification inthe manner in which the retaining device is to be secured to the holderor casing.

The holder. or 'casing A consists of a back plate provided at thetopwith an opening 10 or other means for supporting the casing. in aperpendicular position, and at `each side of the back plate of thecasing or holder ears 11 are forwardly projected, which ears are intransverse alinement and stand, preferably, at a right angle to theback. Preferablythe back isv stamped out so as to form a tongue 12near'its vupper end, separated from the back proper at its bottom andits sides by a space 13, andin this tongue 12 an opening 14 is made forthe introduction of the finger, so that the tongue may be readily-drawnoutward from' the back. This tongue 1 2 when so drawn outward-forexample, to a position at right angles to the back of the casing orholder, as shown in Fig. Li-will rest upon the support provided for thecasing or holder and sustain the same in an inclined position, the

-top or upper portion of the casing or holder beingelevated above itslower edge.

Below'the tongue 12 in the back of the casing or holder a transverseopening 15 is made, and at each side ofthe upper portion of this opening15 an upwardly-.extending recess 1G is produced, as is particularlyshown in Fig. 6. The bottom wall of the opening 15 is so shaped as toproduce a lug 17, which will eX- tend horizontally of the opening, butis separated fromits side walls bya suitable space, as is also shown inFig. 6, and preferably the material which is struck out from the back toform this space between the ends of the lug 17 and the side walls of theopening 15 is carried outward or backward to form clampingarms 18, asshown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The retaining device for the cards, slips, or sheets C to be displayedis shown in detail in Fig. 5, and is preferably made from a single.piece of spring-wire of suitable gage. .Inthe and the material of thearms 2O is bent upon i itself upward and returned over therearbar 19,forming horizontal arms 21.

In thesurfaces of the upper arms 2l of the retaining device verticalslots or 'channels' 23 are made in each side. taining device to thecasing or holder the back bar 19 of its lower yoke-section B is Inapplying the re- IOO - designated by the reference-letter C, is providedwith apertures 24, so arranged or placed that the upper arms 21 of theretaining device may pass through these apertures until all of thecards, sheets, or slips are threaded on or are supported by the lowerarms 2O of the :retaining device. The upper arms 21 of the retainingdevice are then introduced at their rear ends into the recesses 1G atthe upper sides of the opening 15, and this is accolnplished by pressingdownward the aforesaid upper arms, and when theiiat-tened portions ofthese upper arms have been properly entered into the recesses 1G theside walls of these recesses will iit into the channels 23, made in therear extremities of the aforesaid upper arms 2l.

Under this construction it will be observed that the cards, slips, orsheets will be adjustable on the retaining device, and whenthe cards,slips, or sheets are faced or are printed to be used as a calendar theirnumbered faces will be toward the rear.

When a memorandum -referring to a particular date is required to bemade, the card bearing that date is carried upward until the plainsurface of the next under card is exposed, upon which the memorandum ismade. As each date passes by the cards are carried upward from the lowermembers 2O of the retaining device to the upper members 21 and willstand in an upright position supported by the back of the casing orholder, while the foremost card on the lower'meinber 2O of the retainingdevice will present the memoranda made for the date represented by thecard carried uppermostnas, for example, when the card representing March1, as shown in Fig. 1, is brought to the upper position, or is carriedupon the upper members 21 of the retaining device, the back of the card,which bears the date of March 2, would have produced thereon anyremarks, notices, zc. necessary to be attended to or taken intoconsideration on the date exposed at the upper portion of the casing.

It is evident that as none of t-he sheets, slips, or cards need bedestroyed they may be consulted at any time, and that the slips, sheets,or cards which are carried over upon the upper members of the retainingdevice will in no manner interfere with the proper manipulation of thecards, slips, or sheets remaining on the lower portions of the retainingdevice. It is furthermore evident that when all of the slips, cards, orsheets have been consulted or have been used a second series may besubstituted by simply removing the retaining device from the casing orholder, from which retaining device the old sheets may be removed andthe new sheet-s placed in position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A holder for calendars or for similar purposes,consisting of a casinghaving an opening in its back, a keeper forming aportion of one wall of the said opening, and a retaining deviceconsisting of a spring material bent upon itself to form a loweryoke-section, the side members whereof are carried upward and returnedin direction of the cross-bar 0f the yoke, the cross-bar of the yokebeing arranged for engagement with the said keeper, and the terminals ofthe return members of the retaining device being fitted for lockingengagement with the wall of the opening in the casing opposite that atwhich the keeper is placed, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a holder for calendars and for similar purposes, the combination,with a casing having an opening in its back, and a keeper projected fromone wall of the said opening, the opposite wall of the opening havingrecesses therein, of a retaining device consisting of a spring-bar bentupon itself to form a lower yoke-section, the side members whereof arecarried upward and returned in direction of the cross-bar of theyoke-section, the termimals of the upper or return members being shapedto enter the recesses in the wall of the said opening in the casing,while the crossbar of the yoke portion of the said retaining device isadapted to engage with the aforesaid keeper, as and for the purpose setforth.

3. In a holder for calendars and for similar purposes, the combination,with a casing having an opening in its back, and a keeper projected fromone wall of the said opening, the opposite wall ofthe opening havingrecesses therein, of a retaining device consisting of a spring-bar bentupon itself to form a lower yoke-section, the side members whereof arecarried upward and returned in direction of the cross-bar of theyoke-section, the terminals of the upper or return members being shapedto enter the recesses in the wall of the said opening in the casing,while the crossbar of the yoke portion of the retaining device isadapted to engage with the aforesaid keeper, and clamps located on theback of the casing, adapted to be carried over the cross-bar of the yokeof the retaining device when the said device is in position on thecasing, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a holder for calendars and for similar purposes, the combination,with a casing provided with an opening in its back and having a keeperprojected from one of its walls, the opposite wall of the opening beingprovided with recesses therein, of a retaining device constructed of aspring material bent upon itself to form a lower yoke-section the sideIOO members whereof. are carried upward and in direction of thecross-bar of the yoke, the said side members having their terminalscorresponding in cross-section to the shape oi' the recesses in the Wallof the opening of the casing, the terminals of the return members of theretaining device being likewise provided with side channels whichreceive the walls of the aforesaid recesses when the retaining device isplaced in position on the casin g, as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a holder for calendars and for similarl purposes, the combination,With a casing provided with an opening in its back andhaving a keeperprojected from one of its walls, the opposite wall of the opening beingprovided with recesses therein,'of a retaining device constructed of aspring materialbent upon of the casing, and adapted to support the saidcasing in an inclined position, as and for the purpose specified.

6. VA holder for cards, the holder having a main portion with an openingtherein, one edge of the opening having a notch therein, and a retainingdevice approximately U- shaped in form and having one end permanentlysecured in the opening of the main portion of the holder and having theremaining end free and capable of extending into the notch in the edgeof the opening, the said remaining end also having a groove receivingthe Wall of the notch, substantially as described.

Y HUGH BROWN. Witnesses:

WILFRED YB. PHILLIPs, EDWIN H. HUMPHREY.

